Katsuhiko Tokunaga

Who is Katsuhiko Tokunaga?

Katsuhiko "Katsu" Tokunaga is a Japanese military aviation photographer, specialized in air-to-air photography. He works for a large number of aircraft manufacturers including Dassault, Embraer, Eurofighter, Korean Aerospace, Lockheed Martin, Mikoyan-Gurevich, Pilatus, Saab and Sukhoi.

Tokunaga started his career in the backseat of a United States Air Force T-33A Shooting Star in 1978. To date he has flown between 50 and 60 fast jets in some 50 countries, logging 1400 flight hours. He has also flown with and photographed the British Royal Air Force Red Arrows, Japanese Blue Impulse, Canadian Snowbirds, Croatian Wings of Storm, Chilean Air Force Halcones, French Patrouille de France, Italian Frecce Tricolori, Portuguese Asas de Portugal, Slovak Biele Albatrosys, Spanish Patrulla Aguila, Swedish Team 60, Swiss Patrouille Suisse, Swiss PC-7 Team, United States Air Force Thunderbirds, United States Navy Blue Angels and Yugoslavian Letece Zvesdes.

He also published many books including 'Smoke Trails: The last of the F-4 Phantoms', 'Super Blue' and 'Top Teams'.